Health Ministry conducts dental survey after two years of postponement


PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has been conducting a national survey of adult oral health to obtain data on dental health as well as dental disease among Malaysians since last month.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) said the National Health and Morbidity Survey: National Oral Health Survey for Adults 2020 (NHMS 2020: NOHSA 2020) will run until September.

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